Off the Cuff
A contemporary folly in the context of monumental classicism, Off the Cuff is a roof canopy made of three hundred pairs of jeans designed to span the courtyard of Palazzo Litta, a Baroque building in Milan that was completed in 1761. Historically, the space has mediated between the public and private realms, a legacy that drove the concept of using jeans as a construction material: the denim pays homage to the courtyard’s humble history. As an architectural figure, the net springs across the square court, describing a collective ethos and stitching together two vital scales of urban life, the individual and the collective. The canopy filters direct sunlight and holds a transparent membrane over part of the space to keep out the rain for outdoor events.
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